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03D987CBFF8CFF8BFE7DFC09FBAE052B.text	03D987CBFF8CFF8BFE7DFC09FBAE052B.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Eyndhovenia euryalis (Canestrini 1884)	<div><p>Eyndhovenia euryalis (Canestrini, 1884)</p> <p>Records: Perlat I, 26 June 2011, 2 ♂♂ from R. euryale; Halo, 17 September 2012, 1 ♂, 1 ♀ from R. euryale and 1 ♂, 2 ♀♀ from R. ferrumequinum.</p> <p>As hosts, the following bats are known: R. ferrumequinum (Estrada-Peña et al. 1990), R. euryale, R. mehely i Matschie, 1901, M. emarginatus (Krištofík et al. 2012) and M. schreibersii (Stanyukovich 1997). The occurrence of E. e. euryalis was recorded in Slovakia and Italy (Uchikawa and Dusbábek 1978), Spain (Peribañez-Lopez et al. 1989), Armenia and Azerbaijan (Stanyukovich 1997). On two species of genus Rhinolophus we collected seven mites in total (prevalence 50%, mean intensity 2.3, relative density 1.2), representing the subspecies E. e. euryalis, while the subspecies E. e. oudemansi was not recorded.</p> </div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03D987CBFF8CFF8BFE7DFC09FBAE052B	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Sachanowicz, Konrad;Krištofík, Ján;Ciechanowski, Mateusz	Sachanowicz, Konrad, Krištofík, Ján, Ciechanowski, Mateusz (2014): Spinturnicid mites of bats in Albania - host spectrum and morphometrics as a tool of species separation. Journal of Natural History 48 (43 - 44): 2661-2674, DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2014.939729, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2014.939729
03D987CBFF8CFF8AFE40FAB8FDDD053A.text	03D987CBFF8CFF8AFE40FAB8FDDD053A.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Spinturnix acuminata (Koch 1836)	<div><p>Spinturnix acuminata (Koch, 1836)</p> <p>Records: Nikgjonaj, 8 September 2012, 3 ♂♂, 2 ♀♀ from N. noctula.</p> <p>Female measurements (n = 2): idiosoma 1237–1249 long, 852–861 wide; dorsal shield 820–825 long, 493–501 wide; sternal shield 138–158 long, 139–163 wide.</p> <p>The species parasitizes mainly N. noctula, but was also recorded on Pipistrellus pipistrellus, P. nathusii, H. savii, N. lasiopterus, N. leisleri, E. serotinus, M. daubetonii, M. dasycneme (Boie, 1825), M. myotis, M. oxygnathus and Murina leucogaster Milne-Edwards, 1872, as well as on a bat of the genus Scotophilus</p> <p>2.0</p> <p>1.5</p> <p>1.0</p> <p>0.5</p> <p>) 0.0</p> <p>%</p> <p>5.5</p> <p>(–0.5</p> <p>2</p> <p>PC</p> <p>–1.0</p> <p>–1.5</p> <p>–2.0</p> <p>–2.5</p> <p>–3.0 –3.0 –2.5 –2.0 –1.5 –1.0 –0.5 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 PC 1 (90.4%)</p> <p>Figure 1. Scatter plot of PC1 and PC 2 in males: + E. e. euryalis; □ S. acuminata; ▀ S. emarginata; × S. helvetiae; ○ S. kolenatii; ◊ S. myoti; + S. mystacina; Δ S. nobleti; ○ S. plecotina; ▽ S. psi.</p> <p>(Rudnick 1960; Stanyukovich 1997). The species is distributed in the Palaearctic and Oriental regions (Rudnick 1960; Uchikawa and Wada 1979; Haitlinger and Walter 1997). We found only five mites (prevalence 33.3%, mean intensity 2.5, relative density 0.8) on N. noctula.</p> </div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03D987CBFF8CFF8AFE40FAB8FDDD053A	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Sachanowicz, Konrad;Krištofík, Ján;Ciechanowski, Mateusz	Sachanowicz, Konrad, Krištofík, Ján, Ciechanowski, Mateusz (2014): Spinturnicid mites of bats in Albania - host spectrum and morphometrics as a tool of species separation. Journal of Natural History 48 (43 - 44): 2661-2674, DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2014.939729, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2014.939729
03D987CBFF8DFF85FE34FAABFC76050F.text	03D987CBFF8DFF85FE34FAABFC76050F.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Spinturnix emarginata (Kolenati 1856)	<div><p>Spinturnix emarginata (Kolenati, 1856)</p> <p>Records: Gollomboç, 8 August 2006, 1 ♀; Çorovodë, 8 July 2011, 2 ♂♂, 4 ♀♀, 3 nymphs, all from M. emarginatus.</p> <p>Male measurements (n = 2): idiosoma 853 long, 714 wide; dorsal shield 508–561 long, 503–550 wide; sternal shield 240–306 long, 240–307 wide.</p> <p>This species, redescribed by Dusbábek (1964), is an ectoparasite of M. emarginatus, but was found also on M. schreibersii (Bruyndonckx et al. 2009). It was recorded in Bulgaria, Czech Republic (Dusbábek 1964), Hungary (Beron 1965),</p> <p>2.0</p> <p>1.5</p> <p>1.0</p> <p>0.5</p> <p>) 0.0</p> <p>%</p> <p>4.5</p> <p>(–0.5</p> <p>2</p> <p>PC</p> <p>–1.0</p> <p>–1.5</p> <p>–2.0</p> <p>–2.5</p> <p>–3.0 –3.0 –2.5 –2.0 –1.5 –1.0 –0.5 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0</p> <p>PC 1 (92.9%)</p> <p>France (Deunff 1977), Spain (Peribañez-Lopez et al. 1989), Tajikistan (Stanyukovich 1997), Poland (Krištofík et al. 2012) and Slovakia (Krištofík and Danko 2012). Our material consists of 10 individuals (prevalence 100%, mean intensity 3.3, relative density 3.3) from M. emarginatus.</p> </div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03D987CBFF8DFF85FE34FAABFC76050F	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Sachanowicz, Konrad;Krištofík, Ján;Ciechanowski, Mateusz	Sachanowicz, Konrad, Krištofík, Ján, Ciechanowski, Mateusz (2014): Spinturnicid mites of bats in Albania - host spectrum and morphometrics as a tool of species separation. Journal of Natural History 48 (43 - 44): 2661-2674, DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2014.939729, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2014.939729
03D987CBFF82FF84FE7FFA9CFED40662.text	03D987CBFF82FF84FE7FFA9CFED40662.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Spinturnix helvetiae Deunff 1986	<div><p>Spinturnix helvetiae Deunff et al., 1986</p> <p>Records: Qafa e Malit III, 18 September 2005, 4 ♂♂, 1 ♀ from N. leisleri.</p> <p>Female measurements (n = 1): idiosoma 1115 long, 788 wide; dorsal shield 806 long, 450 wide; sternal shield 158 long, 84 wide.</p> <p>Spinturnix helvetiae was suggested to be a subspecies of S. acuminata (Uchikawa et al. 1994) or might be conspecific with this taxon, from which it seems not to differ genetically (Bruyndonckx et al. 2009). It occurs mainly on N. leisleri, but was occasionally found on M. daubentonii (Krištofík and Danko 2012). The species is probably distributed across the whole of central Europe</p> <p>2.0</p> <p>1.6</p> <p>1.2</p> <p>0.8</p> <p>) 0.4</p> <p>%</p> <p>29.1 0.0</p> <p>(</p> <p>2</p> <p>PC –0.4</p> <p>–0.8</p> <p>–1.2</p> <p>–1.6</p> <p>–2.0 –2.0 –1.5 –1.0 –0.5 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 3.0 PC 1 (65.7%)</p> <p>Figure 3. Scatter plot of PC1 and PC 2 in two species pairs: □ S. acuminata males; Δ S. nobleti males; ▀ S. acuminata females; ▾ S. nobleti females; ○ S. kolenatii females; + S. mystacina females. (Deunff et al. 1986), in Belarus and Moldova (Stanyukovich 1997). From N. leisleri we obtained only five mites (prevalence 22.2%, mean intensity 2.5, relative density 0.6).</p> </div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03D987CBFF82FF84FE7FFA9CFED40662	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Sachanowicz, Konrad;Krištofík, Ján;Ciechanowski, Mateusz	Sachanowicz, Konrad, Krištofík, Ján, Ciechanowski, Mateusz (2014): Spinturnicid mites of bats in Albania - host spectrum and morphometrics as a tool of species separation. Journal of Natural History 48 (43 - 44): 2661-2674, DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2014.939729, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2014.939729
03D987CBFF80FF87FE73FF66FF48026B.text	03D987CBFF80FF87FE73FF66FF48026B.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Spinturnix kolenatii Oudemans 1910	<div><p>Spinturnix kolenatii Oudemans, 1910</p> <p>Records: Perlat II, 26 June 2011, 4 ♂♂, 1 ♀, Gizavesh, 3 July 2011, 2 ♂♂, Qafa e Thores, 12 July 2011, 1 ♂, 4 ♀♀, 1 nymph; Nikgjonaj, 10 September 2012, 7 ♂♂, 8 ♀♀, all from E. serotinus.</p> <p>The species occurs mainly on E. nilssonii (Keyserling et Blasius, 1839) and E. serotinus, but was also found on P. pipistrellus, P. nathusii, M. oxygnathus, M. mystacinus, M. brandtii (Eversmann, 1845), M. daubentonii, P. auritus, Vespertilio murinus and N. noctula (Stanyukovich 1997). Spinturnix kolenatii is distributed in Europe (Rudnick 1960; Dusbábek 1962; Haitlinger and Walter 1997), Armenia, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Kirgizstan (Stanyukovich 1997), Mongolia (Dusbábek 1966), Afghanistan (Dusbábek 1970), Japan (Uchikawa and Wada 1979) and Taiwan (Prasad 1969). Our material includes 28 individuals (prevalence 100%, mean intensity 5.6, relative density 5.6), all from E. serotinus.</p> </div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03D987CBFF80FF87FE73FF66FF48026B	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Sachanowicz, Konrad;Krištofík, Ján;Ciechanowski, Mateusz	Sachanowicz, Konrad, Krištofík, Ján, Ciechanowski, Mateusz (2014): Spinturnicid mites of bats in Albania - host spectrum and morphometrics as a tool of species separation. Journal of Natural History 48 (43 - 44): 2661-2674, DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2014.939729, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2014.939729
03D987CBFF80FF87FE5FFD78FBFF0538.text	03D987CBFF80FF87FE5FFD78FBFF0538.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Spinturnix myoti (Kolenati 1856)	<div><p>Spinturnix myoti (Kolenati, 1856)</p> <p>Records: Goranxi, 21 April 2004, 1 ♂, 2 ♀♀, 2 nymphs from M. nattereri; Vanister, 22 April 2004, 1 ♀ and 16 September 2012, 1 ♀ from M. oxygnathus; Halo, 27 April 2004, 1 ♂, 5 ♀♀, 1 nymph from M. myotis; Qafa e Malit II, 17 September 2005, 1 ♂, 3 ♀♀ from M. nattereri; Suç, 25 September 2005, 2 ♀♀ from M. myotis; Tresovë, 12 August 2006, 2 ♂♂, 4 ♀♀, 1 nymph, 7 July 2011, 3 ♂♂, 1 nymph, all from M. nattereri; Barbullej, 30 June 2011, 1 ♂, 6 nymphs from M. oxygnathus; Çorovodë, 8 July 2011, 2 ♂♂ from M. capaccinii; Tepelene, 10 July 2011, 1 ♂, 3 ♀♀, 1 nymph from M. myotis and 1 ♂, 1 ♀, 3 nymphs from M. oxygnathus.</p> <p>The species occurs mainly on M. myotis and M. oxygnathus (Deunff 1977), sporadically on other species of genus Myotis and bats from genera Rhinolophus, Pipistrellus, Eptesicus and Vespertilio, as well as on Barbastella barbastellus, N. noctula and P. auritus (Stanyukovich 1997). It is distributed in Europe (Rudnick 1960; Haitlinger and Walter 1997), Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Kirgizstan, Tajikistan, Afghanistan (Stanyukovich 1997), Mongolia (Dusbábek 1966), Japan (Uchikawa and Wada 1979) and North Africa (Dusbábek 1962; Bruyndonckx et al. 2010). In total, we collected 50 individuals (prevalence 36.8%, mean intensity 3.6, relative density 1.3), 20 individuals from M. nattereri, 14 from M. oxygnathus, 14 from M. myotis and two from M. capaccinii.</p> </div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03D987CBFF80FF87FE5FFD78FBFF0538	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Sachanowicz, Konrad;Krištofík, Ján;Ciechanowski, Mateusz	Sachanowicz, Konrad, Krištofík, Ján, Ciechanowski, Mateusz (2014): Spinturnicid mites of bats in Albania - host spectrum and morphometrics as a tool of species separation. Journal of Natural History 48 (43 - 44): 2661-2674, DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2014.939729, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2014.939729
03D987CBFF80FF86FE77FAADFDA10114.text	03D987CBFF80FF86FE77FAADFDA10114.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Spinturnix mystacina (Kolenati 1857)	<div><p>Spinturnix mystacina (Kolenati, 1857)</p> <p>Records: Koman, 12 August 2003, 1 ♂, 3 ♀♀; Rahovic, 22 June 2011, 1 ♂, from M. mystacinus.</p> <p>Male measurements (n = 2): idiosoma 1020–1026 long, 846–850 wide; dorsal shield 625–628 long, 522–528 wide; sternal shield 236–249 long, 206–209 wide.</p> <p>This species is distributed in Europe (Haitlinger and Walter 1997), Kazakhstan, Tajikistan (Stanyukovich 1997), Mongolia (Dusbábek 1966) and Japan (Uchikawa and Wada 1979). It parasitizes mainly M. mystacinus sensu lato, but was also found on M. brandtii, M. nattereri, M. dasycneme, M. myotis, E. serotinus, V. murinus, N. noctula, P. auritus (Stanyukovich 1997) and M. alcathoe (Danko et al. 2010). Five mites (prevalence 50%, mean intensity 2.5, relative density 1.3) were collected from M. mystacinus sensu stricte.</p> </div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03D987CBFF80FF86FE77FAADFDA10114	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Sachanowicz, Konrad;Krištofík, Ján;Ciechanowski, Mateusz	Sachanowicz, Konrad, Krištofík, Ján, Ciechanowski, Mateusz (2014): Spinturnicid mites of bats in Albania - host spectrum and morphometrics as a tool of species separation. Journal of Natural History 48 (43 - 44): 2661-2674, DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2014.939729, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2014.939729
03D987CBFF81FF86FE0EFEF9FB23025B.text	03D987CBFF81FF86FE0EFEF9FB23025B.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Spinturnix nobleti Deunff 1990	<div><p>Spinturnix nobleti Deunff et al., 1990</p> <p>Records: Butrint, 25 April 2004, 1 ♂, 2 ♀♀; Fushë-Muhurr, 23 September 2005, 1 ♂; Krumë, 3 August 2007, 1 ♂; Gizavesh, 3 July 2011, 1 ♂, 2 ♀♀; Nikgjonaj, 8 September 2012, 4 ♂♂, 1 ♀; Nderlysë, 9 September 2012, 1 ♂, 3 ♀♀, all from H. savii.</p> <p>The species is a specific parasite of H. savii and occurs in the central and southern parts of the western Palaearctic (Deunff et al. 1990). Our material consists of 17 individuals (prevalence 36.4%, mean intensity 2.1, relative density 0.8) from H. savii.</p> </div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03D987CBFF81FF86FE0EFEF9FB23025B	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Sachanowicz, Konrad;Krištofík, Ján;Ciechanowski, Mateusz	Sachanowicz, Konrad, Krištofík, Ján, Ciechanowski, Mateusz (2014): Spinturnicid mites of bats in Albania - host spectrum and morphometrics as a tool of species separation. Journal of Natural History 48 (43 - 44): 2661-2674, DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2014.939729, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2014.939729
03D987CBFF81FF86FE1BFD48FC6F0488.text	03D987CBFF81FF86FE1BFD48FC6F0488.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Spinturnix plecotina (Koch 1839)	<div><p>Spinturnix plecotina (Koch, 1839)</p> <p>Records: Qafa e Malit II, 9 August 2003, 4 ♂♂, 1 ♀, 1 nymph from P. macrobullaris (this bat species recorded for the first time in Albania – Sachanowicz and Ciechanowski 2006); Lura National Park, 29 June 2011, 1 nymph from P. auritus; Liqeni i Thores, 7 September 2012, 3 ♂♂, 3 nymphs from P. auritus; Nojë, 14 September 2012, 1 ♀ from P. austriacus.</p> <p>Female measurements (n = 2): idiosoma 1238–1256 long, 958–971 wide; dorsal shield 713–726 long, 480–492 wide; sternal shield 155–162 long, 138–142 wide.</p> <p>This species occurs mainly on P. auritus, but was found also on P. teneriffae Barrett-Hamilton, 1907 (Estrada-Peña et al. 1990), P. austriacus, R. ferrumequinum, E. nilssonii, E. serotinus, B. barbastellus and N. noctula (Stanyukovich 1997). It is distributed in Europe (Haitlinger and Walter 1997), Armenia, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Afghanistan (Stanyukovich 1997) and Japan (Uchikawa and Wada 1979). In total, we found 14 individuals (prevalence 44.4%, mean intensity 2, relative density 0.9), among them seven from P. auritus, six from P. macrobullaris and one from P. austriacus. Plecotus macrobullaris is a new host species for this mite.</p> </div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03D987CBFF81FF86FE1BFD48FC6F0488	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Sachanowicz, Konrad;Krištofík, Ján;Ciechanowski, Mateusz	Sachanowicz, Konrad, Krištofík, Ján, Ciechanowski, Mateusz (2014): Spinturnicid mites of bats in Albania - host spectrum and morphometrics as a tool of species separation. Journal of Natural History 48 (43 - 44): 2661-2674, DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2014.939729, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2014.939729
03D987CBFF81FF81FDEBFB1AFBE00449.text	03D987CBFF81FF81FDEBFB1AFBE00449.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Spinturnix psi (Kolenati 1856)	<div><p>Spinturnix psi (Kolenati, 1856)</p> <p>Records: Koman, 12 August 2003, 1 ♂, 2 ♀♀, 1 nymph; Çorovodë, 8 July 2011, 1 ♂, 2 ♀♀ and Tepelene, 10 July 2011, 4 ♂♂, 1 ♀, 1 nymph, all from M. capaccinii; Vanister, 22 April 2004, 4 ♂♂, 5 ♀♀, 1 nymph and 16 September 2012, 1 ♂, 2 ♀♀, 1 nymph; Butrint, 24 April 2004, 1 ♀, all from M. schreibersii.</p> <p>It occurs mainly on different species of the genus Miniopterus and more rarely also on R. ferrumequinum, M. capaccinii (Rudnick 1960), M. emarginatus (Dusbábek 1964), M. myotis (Deunff 1977), M. longipes (Dobson, 1873), M. nattereri and V. murinus. The species is distributed in the Palaearctic, Oriental and Australasian regions and Madagascar (Uchikawa et al. 1994). In total, we collected 28 individuals (prevalence 35.5%, mean intensity 2.6, relative density 0.9), among them 13 from M. capaccinii and 15 from M. schreibersii.</p> <p>In Europe, 15 spinturnicid species were recorded on bats: one species of the genus Paraperiglischrus Rudnick, 1960, one species with two subspecies of Eyndhovenia Rudnick, 1960 and 13 species of the genus Spinturnix von Heyden, 1826 (Deunff 1977; Uchikawa and Dusbábek 1978; Deunff et al. 1986, 1990, 1997, 2004). From the Balkan Peninsula the occurrence of eight species was reported (Beron 1968, 1973, 1974b), while in Albania we recorded 10 species. All of them are new for the fauna of this country and three species, S. helvetiae, S. kolenatii and S. nobleti, are new for the Balkans. Since 32 bat species were recorded in Albania (Uhrin et al. 1996; K. Sachanowicz &amp; M. Ciechanowski, unpublished data), including R. mehelyi, M. brandtii and Tadarida teniotis (Rafinesque, 1814) not placed in Table 2, further mite species may be expected there, including S. andegavinus Deunff, 1977, which parasitizes mainly M. daubentonii; S. bechsteini Deunff et al., 2004, parasitizing M. bechsteinii; S. punctata, parasitizing B. barbastellus; and P. rhinolophinus and the subspecies E. e. oudemansi, parasitizing bats of the genus Rhinolophus. However, we did not find spinturnicids on further 13 species (102 bats), including hosts of expected mite species, from which 1–21 individuals were examined (Table 2).</p> <p>In all but one case we recorded only one spinturnicid species on a single bat, which confirms that a lack of or low level of different mite species co-occurrence on the same bat hosts might be due to competitive exclusion between these parasites (Bruyndonckx et al. 2009). This may also depend on how intensively bat hosts have been studied. In only one male of M. capaccinii did we find two species (S. psi and S. myoti) on the same host. Mite species recorded on more than one bat host species included: E. e. euryalis (on two hosts), S. myoti (four), S. plecotina (three), and S. psi (two). A recent genetic study (Bruyndonckx et al. 2009) indicated that E. euryalis and S. myoti may each contain two distinct species associated with different bat hosts (R. ferrumequinum versus R. euryale and M. myotis / M. oxygnathus versus M. nattereri, respectively).</p> <p>Although the sample size in some cases was small, we show that all mite species included in the present study were separable based on their basic measurements with idiosoma length and width and dorsal shield length as the most important characters.</p></div> 	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03D987CBFF81FF81FDEBFB1AFBE00449	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Sachanowicz, Konrad;Krištofík, Ján;Ciechanowski, Mateusz	Sachanowicz, Konrad, Krištofík, Ján, Ciechanowski, Mateusz (2014): Spinturnicid mites of bats in Albania - host spectrum and morphometrics as a tool of species separation. Journal of Natural History 48 (43 - 44): 2661-2674, DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2014.939729, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2014.939729
